Abstract |
Forty-five patients taking bismuth subnitrate orally for therapeutic reasons were admitted to hospital with a myoclonic encephalopathy of acute onset. The clinical features were similar, mostly with mental confusion, disorder of walking and standing, dysarthria, and myoclonic jerks. In 31 cases the EEG showed a characteristic pattern, not previously recognised, which assisted differential diagnosis.
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Authors | V Supino-Viterbo, C Sicard, M Risvegliato, G Rancurel, A Buge |
Journal | Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
(J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry)
Vol. 40
Issue 8
Pg. 748-52
(Aug 1977)
ISSN: 0022-3050 [Print] England |
PMID | 336849
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Alzheimer Disease
(diagnosis)
- Bismuth
(adverse effects)
- Brain Diseases
(chemically induced)
- Confusion
(chemically induced)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
(diagnosis)
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Electroencephalography
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Movement Disorders
(chemically induced)
- Myoclonus
(chemically induced)
- Photic Stimulation
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